I’m very new to Linux, and found Monjaro to be a solid starting point because I want to eventually get accustomed to arch. I’m having an error that has persisted over 3 separate USB sticks and 3 separate downloads (each verified sha1).
When I boot to the Start screen and select start with proprietary drivers, I get the following error:
# typed by hand since I cant upload an image:
starting version 251.2-3-manjaro
mount: /run/miso/sfs/livefs: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call
ERROR: failed to mount '/dev/loop0'
I’ve searched the error above multiple times, but a lot of the answers go right over my head. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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use ventoy, and boot the iso in bios mode if you are using bios, or uefi mode if you are using uefi
check if secure boot is disabled
and you said that it happens with proprietary drivers, so try open source instead
and do you have bios mode or uefi mode? when you selecting the usb to boot there are 2 options, one has uefi there and one has not, that means its in bios mode
Hey, welcome to the linux world. Wish you good luck.
What is Monjaro?
Oh? How did you find out that, since you are “very new”?
Wait, you haven’t even tried it yet? I can tell you right now that a good solid starting point is anything else but arch based distros.
Which solutions have you tried? (there is many regarding this very error)
Ah, ok. So why are you trying to skip steps and use distro that will sooner or later be over your head as well? Start with something for beginners like linux mint.
Im following a tutorial to create a windows VM with a single gpu, and I chose manjaro since it’s what the tutorial is using. I also like what I’ve heard about arch, so I’m thinking it may be best for me to start with manjaro. I’m not fully sure, but I don’t think setup should be giving me this much trouble. Just trying to get it set up so I can start using it
So I’ve verified that secure boot is disabled and UEFI is enabled. Tried linux mint with ventoy and was successful, but it only boots in comparability mode… In the normal mode, I’m only getting steaks on my screen.
Would it help to update my bios? Does it matter that I’m using a 5th gen ryzen with a 2000 series nvidia gpu?